diff --git a/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp b/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp
--- a/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp
+++ b/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp
@@ -417,7 +417,8 @@
         // can only be queried with either OpenGL >= 3.0 or OpenGL ES of at least 3.1
         GLint value = 0;
         glGetIntegerv(GL_CONTEXT_FLAGS, &value);
-        if (!(value & GL_CONTEXT_FLAG_DEBUG_BIT)) {
+        if (!(value & GL_CONTEXT_FLAG_DEBUG_BIT) &&
+            !checkGLError("initDebugOutput")) {
             return;
         }
     }